A calm, measured London life for Irina McGovern, an American illustrator of children’s books, in the ninth year of sharing a roof with an intellectual, attentive—but painfully predictable partner—ends on the night she suddenly, with inexplicable force, wants to kiss another man. A family friend—Ramsey Exton, attractive, extravagant, passionate, unmatched— a top snooker player…
Choosing whom to love, Irina chooses her fate too. What life awaits the heroine if she trades tested-by-time relationships for a bright burst of infatuation?
Two lines of events unfold in parallel. Readers, together with the heroine, sort of live two lives, trying to answer the eternal question: did that path lead toward happiness—one we might have taken, but didn’t…